Mexican Supreme Court Upheld Law Allowing Same-Sex Marriages

MEXICO CITY (AP) - The Mexican Supreme Court has voted to upholdthe constitutionality of Mexico City's 6-month-old law allowingsame-sex marriages. The justices have voted 8-2 to uphold the law against challengesfiled by federal prosecutors, who argued it violates theconstitutional principle of protection of the family. Hundreds of couples have been married so far under the law, thefirst of its kind to be enacted in Latin America. The court ruled Thursday that the law did not violate theconstitution. Justices on the majority side argued that nowheredoes the constitution define what a family is.